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APRIL 17TH.-3-6 P. M.

1. Discuss the question of the authorship of Two Noble Kinsmen, or, Give an analysis of the Ecclesiastical Polity, Bk. I.

2. Tell what you know of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Mirror of Magistrates, and Shakespeare's Sonnets.

3. Quote one of Shakespeare's Sonnets; or describe Spencer's merit as a poet, illustrating as fully as you can.

4. Name the chief prose writers of the period with their principal works, briefly stating the nature and subject of each of these works and its merits and defects from the point of view of prose style.

5. Give some general statement of Bacon's philosophical ideas. Wherein did his originality and importance as a philosopher lie?

6. Give a critical account of Browning's Caliban or of Saul.

7. Discuss Browning in as far as he is a poet who presents character objectively, illustrating what you say fully and definitely from the poems assigned.

ENGLISH HISTORY.

Examiner

PROFESSOR FORREST.

I.

1.

TIME THREE HOURS.

Give an account of the trial of Bates, the views advanced at the trial, the decision and its immediate consequences.

2. "Bancroft had accordingly presented to the Star Chamber in 1605 a series of petitions in the name of the clergy which Lord Coke has denominated articuli cleri by_analogy_to_some similar representations of that order under Edward II.? Explain.

3. "The Convocation had in 1606 drawn up a set of canons on the doctrine of the king's absolute power.' Give the substance of the

canons.

4. Negotiations between James and the Commons for giving up the feudal revenue. Write short account.

5. Lord Coke's alienation from the court. Describe briefly.

6.

Give an account of the dispute about the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the time of James.

7. In 1616" A cause happened to be argued in the Court of King's Bench wherein the validity of a particular grant of benefice to a bishop to be held in commendam came into question.' Write a short account of case and principles involved.

8. "The nineteen propositions tendered to him at York in the beginning of June (1652) went to abrogate in spirit the whole existing constitution. Explain.

9. Give your views of the trial and execution of Strafford.

10. Give Hallam's views of the trial and execution of Charles I.

11. Hallam discusses the constitutional position of King and Parliament at the outbreak of the war. What are his views ?

12. What was the position and strength of the Republican party at the beginning and close of the war?

13. The proposals to constitutional difficulties.

14. The flight of James ties. What were they?

restore the monarchy gave rise to great What were they? How were they solved? II. introduced grave constitutional difficul

II.

TIME: THREE HOURS.

1. The first Parliament of James vindicates its privileges. What were the chief points urged.

2. Give an account of the Parliament of 1621.

3. What was the result of Weston's administration of the finances? 4. Gardiner draws a comparison between Wentworth and Eliot. What are his views?

5. Why would the levying of Ship-money, without consent of Parliament, be much more reasonable on the part of Charles than it would be on the part of Victoria?

6. "We are in possession of the copious letters of the Pope's agent Cuneo, from which we may gather with certainty the relations of Charles with Catholicism." Explain.

7.

"In August, 1633, a great alteration took place in the state of the English Church." Explain.

8. Give an account of the ecclesiastical condition of Scotland, the efforts of James to establish Episcopacy, and the state of affairs during the reign of Charles.

9.

What were the terms of the pacification of Berwick? How were they viewed in Scotland? What were the results?

10. In the negotiations at Uxbridge, what did the Commons demand? What was the King willing to grant?

11. In 1847, the Army made proposals to the King which he rejected. In September, 1648, the Parliament made proposals which he accepted. Wherein did they differ? What proposals were most liberal to the king?

12. Were the reforms proposed by Barebone's Parliament such as would commend themselves to the English people at the present day? 13. Write an article on Oliver Cromwell. Show the difficulties of the position which he occupied. Point out the mistakes which proved so fatal to his administration. What has Carlyle to say about the massacre of Drogheda ?

III.

TIME THREE HOURS.

1. Trace briefly the relations existing between England and Spain during the reign of James I. Show the motives of both in proposing alliance, and causes which led to war.

2. 1612, Princess Elizabeth betrothed to the Elector Palatine. What motives led to the match? What other Prince sought her hand?

3. When the Bohemians sought James' help in aid of the Elector Frederic, "King James came now face to face with the greatest question of his life, which summed up and brought to light, so to speak, all the cross purposes and political aims among which he had long moved." Explain.

4. The Parliament of 1624 differed wholly from James on foreign policy.

5. In regard to movements of Mansfield's army James and Richilieu each sought to accomplish his own purposes. What were they?

6. England now suddenly at war with Spain and France together (1627). "The steps by which this result had been brought about throw an amusing light on the capacity of the young King and his Minister.” Explain.

7. In 1630 Charles made peace with Spain. What were the terms of the treaty?

8. "John Taylor was sent to Vienna to protest against the provisions of the treaty (Prague), and to bring the Emperor to another determination. What came of Taylor's mission?

9. How did the war in England affect the French in 1645-8?

10. In July 1652 war was declared against the Dutch. What was the cause?

11. In April 1654 Peace with Holland. What led to it? What were terms?

12. What was the grand aim of Cromwell's foreign policy? How far did it succeed?

13.

After a year's negotiations a secret treaty was concluded in May 1670 at Dover. What led to it? What were the terms?

14. When and how did Louis seek to influence the policy of England by payments of money?

1. (a) Write a short account of the origin and growth of Chancery Jurisdiction. (b) What is meant by property in equity as distinguished from property at law? (c) Distinguish between an equity" and an "equitable interest."

2. (a) What causes gave rise to the Statute of Uses? (b) What were its provisions? (c) Define a trust. (d) An alien may be a trustee. Treat this proposition historically.

3. (a) Show by examples that equity courts treat valid charitable trusts with special favor. (b) Illustrate by an example the doctrine of cy pres. (c) How does the Statute of Frauds affect trusts? (d) Distinguish between executed and executory trusts.

4. (a) There are two leading classes of resulting trusts. Discuss these. (b) Treat of the presumption of advancement. (c) Discuss the question of a trustee's remuneration,

5. Distinguish between a mistake of law and a mistake of fact, and discuss, showing each kind as a ground for rescinding a contract. (b) Distinguish between accident and mistake. (c) Equity gives relief on account of accident. Explain this jurisdiction.

6. (a) What are the remedies of a mortgagee? (b) Illustrate tacking of mortgages. (c) Consolidation. (d) Describe shortly equitable mortgages.

7. (a) What is separate estate, and how may it be created. (b) What rights has a married woman to property at law, in equity and under the Married Woman's Property Act. (c) Under what circumstance may a wife's equity to a settlement arise.

8. Describe the following: (a) Election; (b) Conversion; (c) Ademption; (d) Satisfaction; (e) Performance.

9. (a) What is meant by assets? (h) How did lands in England become liable for the debts of a deceased person, and how here? (c) Before the statute, in what order did an executor pay his testator's debts, and in what order are they paid now?

10. (a) Describe the purposes for which Locke King's Act was passed, and what is its effect. (b) Discuss marshalling of assets. (c) Give in tabular form the priorities of beneficiaries as to the right of marshalling. (d) Describe the different kinds of legacies.

CONFLICT OF LAWS.

Examiner..

PROFESSOR WELDON.

1.

TIME: TWO HOURS.

"A foreign judgment in personam is merely prima facie evidence of a debt." Criticise this dictum of Lord Brougham.

Nova Scotia students will state the provisions of the Revised Statutes as to the value of foreign judgments sued on in Nova Scotia. State fully the grounds on which a foreign judgment may be impeached in New Brunswick.

Distinguish between judgments in rem and judgments in personam.

2. A, in Massachusetts, contracts with B, in Maine, that B is to have possession of A's sewing machine at once, but that A is to retain the property until the last of four quarterly instalments is duly paid, with a proviso, that if B is in defauit in making payments of either of the instalments, A shall at once resume possession of the machine, and that B only acquires the property when he has paid the four quarterly instalments in full. B having paid two quarterly instalments, moves to Nova Scotia seven months after the making of the contract and brings the machine with him, which, five months afterwards, he mortgages to a trader as security for the price of goods then furnished on the credit of the machine. The Nova Scotia statute declares that "every lease-of chattels, accompanied by immediate delivery and followed by an actual and continued change of possession whereby it is agreed that the property in the chattels shall remain in the lessor until the payment in full of the price shall be in writing and registered, otherwise the lien or property intended to be secured to the lessor shall be null and void, and of no effect, as against the mortgagee of the lessee." Can A sustain trover for the machine against C?

3. A vessel flying the French flag is libelled in the Vice-Admiralty Court at Halifax for injury done to a submarine electric cable. law will determine :

(a) Whether the act is a tort?

(b) The measure of damages?

What

4. In the Isle of Man "no action shall be brought but within three years next after the cause of action."

A, in May 1881, in Man, incurred a debt. In October, 1884, A emigrated to New Brunswick. In 1886 B followed him to New Brunswick and sued him in the courts of that province. Can A defend successfully on the Manx statute of limitations?

5. A physician practising in Newfoundland performed medical services for the defendant, also resident there, for which he sues in a Nova Scotia court, both plaintiff and defendant having removed to this country. By the statute of Nova Scotia it is provided that no person shall practice medicine in Nova Scotia unless he is registered as a duly qualified practitioner, and further that "no person shall be entitled to recover any charge for medicinal services unless he shall prove on the trial that he is duly registered " under the chapter. Plaintiff gave no such evidence, and defendant proved as a fact that medicinal services in Newfoundland were not recoverable by action, being in the nature of honorarium. Discuss the plaintiff's right to recover here.